Student Retention Rates and Student Involvement

Hayden Hedges and Lauren Langford

Introduction

• Comparing student retention across national and liberal arts universities
• Analyzing how on-campus involvement impacts students’ first year experience
• How do our findings reflect on Sewanee campus?

National vs Liberal University Retention

Let’s Talk Retention

Median	Average
95	95.33333

Median	Average
92	91.88333

US Liberal Arts University Retention

DIII Retention Rate